An Interdisciplinary Lens-Based Artist

Woman Walking

Woman Walking is a two-channel vertical video that reveals two perspectives of the same experience. From the back, we see what a person walking behind this woman on the street would see: a confident, sexy walk. From the front, we see a woman who is alert and tense, clutching her purse and repeatedly checking her cell phone as she watches out for potential predators and dangers. Walking alone is an unnerving, vulnerable experience that all women face occasionally in their life, if not routinely. This utterly quotidian act is too often perceived as an invitation for unsolicited attention though. My intent in making this diptych video is to draw attention to a shared experience felt by all women while communicating to anyone who may be stimulated by the video from behind to be aware of the reality of the situation happening in front.